Re: loosestrife

At 01:47 PM 7/17/00 -0400, you wrote:
> >>I have read too that even the modern cultivars of loosestrife that are
>supposed to be sterile are sometimes quite fertile and can in fact pollinate
>the species.
>Bill Lee<<
>
>This is why I was unsure that it was Loosestrife to begin with.  My mother
>has been at this location for 5 years, which has a border beds running all
>over it, and this plant is still  jjust sitting there in a nice 3' bunch.
>Perhaps it really is a sterile modern cultivar.
>We don't have the problems with the purple loosestrife here like other
>places, which is why I'm not sure of it's identification.  (I've seen
>pictures on the Web but they're just not quite clear enough).  Anyway, since
>I live on a lot in the middle of the city, I think I'll be a pretty safe bet
>for  containment.
>
>This is the third plant in my garden that I  had somehow acquired without ID
>that turned out to be Lysimachia/Lythrum!
>Shelly Pavlacky
>POrtland, OR
If it's a noxious weed in Oregon, and I'd bet it is, county officials or ag 
dept people can make you destroy it or they'll destroy it for you. 
Southwest Idaho just imported 100,000 Galerucella beetles in an attempt to 
control the stuff. One of the major problems with this is that some 
wildflower mixtures contained seeds for it, and I've seen wildflower seed 
racks that contained it here in Boise. I complained to the manager, he 
pulled those seeds then along comes the salesman tending that rack, and 
refills it. You may not see its effects but others will. Margaret L


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